Subject terminology

• Verb - An action word
• Adjective - A describing word
• Adverb - A word that describes an action
• Metaphor - saying something is something else; a direct comparison, not meant literally.
• Extended metaphor - exactly the same as a normal metaphor, but you’ll see the same idea repeating over multiple sentences, lines, paragraphs (or stanzas).
• Simile - Comparing something to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’.
• Pathetic fallacy - When human characteristics are applied to things (often found in nature), i.e. the “angry sky” or “the wind whispered through the trees”. This can set the tone or reflect the mood of characters.
• Tone - how the author of the text feels about the subject matter, and how they convey this through their writing.
• Personification - Applying human characteristics to objects, Gods or things often offers Characterisation.
• Imagery - How the writer creates a picture in the reader’s mind. Visual

  symbolism, or figurative language that evokes a mental image.
• Sensory description - Sensory language is descriptive language. It simply refers to words or phrases that create a connection to one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
• Sibilance - Where ‘s’ sounds are repeated. Can soften the tone.
• Sonnet -a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per

  line
• Hyperbole - Use of exaggeration in language
• Motif - A repeated idea that runs throughout a text
• Stanza - A group of lines in a poem
• Rhyming Couplet - A rhyming pair of successive lines of verse, typically of the same length.

  "two long poems in harsh rhyming couplets"
• Free Verse - It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
• Rhetorical Question - A question asked, usually in a speech, for which no answer is expected. It is expected that EVERYONE will agree with only one obvious possible answer.